Mendavia is a town and

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located in the province and autonomous community of

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, northern

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. The Postal code is 31587. Mendavia is an agricultural town. It produces high-quality

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es and a certain variety of large red pepper. Roque Romero Sainz (died 1997), active promoter of

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

in Spain between 1940 and 1970, was born in Mendavia in 1910. He was the founder of one of the rare baseball clubs in Spain,

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, and became chairman of the Catalan Baseball Federation for a while.Baseball historical data

Local celebrations

* August 23–30, San Juan Bautista. * January 16, San Antón.

References

External links

MENDAVIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Web del ayuntamiento de Mendavia
Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub